Francisco Cerro is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 who plays for Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

 in the Argentine Primera División.

Career

Cerro started his professional career in 2008 playing for Quilmes

Quilmes Atlético Club

Quilmes Atlético Club is a sports clubs of Argentina, based on the Partido de Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province. Quilmes is one of the oldest clubs of Argentina, having been founded in 1887. Its football squad currently plays in the Primera B Nacional Division....

 in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division). During the 2009–10 season, he helped Quilmes to obtain promotion to the Argentine Primera División. During his team's one-season stay in the Primera, Cerro played 23 games (9 in the 2010 Apertura and 14 in the 2011 Clausura), and scored two goals.

For the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season

2011–12 Argentine Primera División season

The 2011–12 Primera División season is the eighty-third season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league. It started on August 5, 2011 and will end on June 2012.-Club information:...

, Cerro was loaned to Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is a sports club based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vélez is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División, the top level of the Argentine league system...

 with a US$ 750,000 option to buy. He signed his contract with Vélez on August 4, 2011.

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
• Career statistics at BDFA